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Topic: Top 5 Villains of the XXIst Century (Read 270 times)

One of my main takeaways from Covenant (which I have still to write anything about) was that David was one of the best villains I could remember seeing in a long time. I am pretty sure he would feature near the top of any top villains list made by me. Anyone wanna compare notes?

2000 - Miranda Richardson as Mrs. Tweedy in Chicken Run2000 - Alan Ford as Brick Top in Snatch2000 - Ben Kingsley as Don Logan in Sexy Beast2001 - Steve Buscemi as Randall in Monsters Inc.2002 - Leandro Firmino as Li'l Zé in City of God2002 - Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill the Butcher in Gangs of New York2003 - Geoffrey Rush as Captain Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl2003 - Chiaki Kuriyama as Go-Go Yubari in Kill Bill Vol. 12004 - Jason Lee as Syndrome in The Incredibles2005-2011 - Ralphe Finnes as Voldemort in the Harry Potter series2006 - Philip Seymour Hoffman as Owen Davian in Mission: Impossible III2006 - Ben Whishaw as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer2007 - Billy Mitchell as Himself in The King of Kong2007 - Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurth in No Country For Old Men2008 - Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight2008 - Jack O'Connell as Brett in Eden Lake2009 - Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds2011 - Ezra Miller as Kevin in We Need to Talk About Kevin2013 - Sea World in Blackfish2014 - Toby Kebbell as Koba in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

For 2000, I'd expect Ben Kingsley as Don Logan in Sexy Beast to be a popular choice; or Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho; but I might have to go with the villain in Unbreakable, despite not being a huge fan of that film. I don't see an option that really jumps out at me.

1SO I don't know how you can make a list like that, with that level of detail and method, and not include the Joker. What do you think is so good about all those animated ones? And also, is Voldermort really that good a villain? I find there's just not much in the text for him.

I know a protagonist can be a villain of a story, but I cannot bring myself to consider any of the main characters villains. Patrick Bateman is the hero of his story.